Software for small businesses
Software guides for smaller businesses
Choose a tool around the job it must do, then price the complete workflow.
Product comparison
Pipedrive vs HubSpot for a five-person service business — published prices, onboarding, plan features and commitment terms checked 27 September 2026. This is source-based research, not a hands-on test.
Limited hands-on report
Systeme.io free plan: what we could actually build — page building, a contact pipeline, one delivered test email and an unsubscribe check. Updated 28 September 2026; signup confirmation remains unverified. Includes a disclosed affiliate link.
Decision guides
- CRM or spreadsheet for a solo consultant? — includes a free Excel follow-up tracker, added 28 September 2026
- A five-email welcome sequence for a consulting business
- How to calculate the real cost of a marketing stack
These three general guides were prepared on 22 September 2026. Affiliate links are identified in the articles that contain them.